रथेष्ठ
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- रथेष्ठा (ratheṣṭhā)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৰথেষ্ঠ (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬣᬾᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
- রথেষ্ঠ (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰞𑰸𑰬𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀣𑁂𑀱𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
- ရထေၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
- રથેષ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
- ਰਥੇਸ਼੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑌥𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦡꦺꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂟𑂵𑂭𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
- ರಥೇಷ್ಠ (Kannada script)
- រថេឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
- ຣເຖຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
- രഥേഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠᡨᡝᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘞𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠᠲᠧᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑦾𑧚𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐠𑐾𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
- ରଥେଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
- ꢬꢢꢾꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆡𑆼𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖞𑖸𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
- රථෙෂ්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩬𑩔𑪀 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚚𑚲𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
- ரதே²ஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
- రథేష్ఠ (Telugu script)
- รเถษฺฐ (Thai script)
- ར་ཐེ་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒟𑒹𑒭𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨚𑨄𑨯𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
रथे (rathe, “chariot”) + ष्ठ (ṣṭha, “stand”). Cognate with Persian ارتشدار (artešdâr, “warrior, soldier”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɾɐ.tʰɐjʂ.ʈʰɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɾɐ.t̪ʰeːʂ.ʈʰɐ/
Adjective
रथेष्ठ • (ratheṣṭha) stem
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | रथेष्ठः (ratheṣṭhaḥ) | रथेष्ठौ (ratheṣṭhau) | रथेष्ठाः (ratheṣṭhāḥ) |
| accusative | रथेष्ठम् (ratheṣṭham) | रथेष्ठौ (ratheṣṭhau) | रथेष्ठान् (ratheṣṭhān) |
| instrumental | रथेष्ठेन (ratheṣṭhena) | रथेष्ठाभ्याम् (ratheṣṭhābhyām) | रथेष्ठैः (ratheṣṭhaiḥ) |
| dative | रथेष्ठाय (ratheṣṭhāya) | रथेष्ठाभ्याम् (ratheṣṭhābhyām) | रथेष्ठेभ्यः (ratheṣṭhebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | रथेष्ठात् (ratheṣṭhāt) | रथेष्ठाभ्याम् (ratheṣṭhābhyām) | रथेष्ठेभ्यः (ratheṣṭhebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | रथेष्ठस्य (ratheṣṭhasya) | रथेष्ठयोः (ratheṣṭhayoḥ) | रथेष्ठानाम् (ratheṣṭhānām) |
| locative | रथेष्ठे (ratheṣṭhe) | रथेष्ठयोः (ratheṣṭhayoḥ) | रथेष्ठेषु (ratheṣṭheṣu) |
| vocative | रथेष्ठ (ratheṣṭha) | रथेष्ठौ (ratheṣṭhau) | रथेष्ठाः (ratheṣṭhāḥ) |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | रथेष्ठा (ratheṣṭhā) | रथेष्ठे (ratheṣṭhe) | रथेष्ठाः (ratheṣṭhāḥ) |
| accusative | रथेष्ठाम् (ratheṣṭhām) | रथेष्ठे (ratheṣṭhe) | रथेष्ठाः (ratheṣṭhāḥ) |
| instrumental | रथेष्ठया (ratheṣṭhayā) | रथेष्ठाभ्याम् (ratheṣṭhābhyām) | रथेष्ठाभिः (ratheṣṭhābhiḥ) |
| dative | रथेष्ठायै (ratheṣṭhāyai) | रथेष्ठाभ्याम् (ratheṣṭhābhyām) | रथेष्ठाभ्यः (ratheṣṭhābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | रथेष्ठायाः (ratheṣṭhāyāḥ) | रथेष्ठाभ्याम् (ratheṣṭhābhyām) | रथेष्ठाभ्यः (ratheṣṭhābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | रथेष्ठायाः (ratheṣṭhāyāḥ) | रथेष्ठयोः (ratheṣṭhayoḥ) | रथेष्ठानाम् (ratheṣṭhānām) |
| locative | रथेष्ठायाम् (ratheṣṭhāyām) | रथेष्ठयोः (ratheṣṭhayoḥ) | रथेष्ठासु (ratheṣṭhāsu) |
| vocative | रथेष्ठे (ratheṣṭhe) | रथेष्ठे (ratheṣṭhe) | रथेष्ठाः (ratheṣṭhāḥ) |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | रथेष्ठम् (ratheṣṭham) | रथेष्ठे (ratheṣṭhe) | रथेष्ठानि (ratheṣṭhāni) |
| accusative | रथेष्ठम् (ratheṣṭham) | रथेष्ठे (ratheṣṭhe) | रथेष्ठानि (ratheṣṭhāni) |
| instrumental | रथेष्ठेन (ratheṣṭhena) | रथेष्ठाभ्याम् (ratheṣṭhābhyām) | रथेष्ठैः (ratheṣṭhaiḥ) |
| dative | रथेष्ठाय (ratheṣṭhāya) | रथेष्ठाभ्याम् (ratheṣṭhābhyām) | रथेष्ठेभ्यः (ratheṣṭhebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | रथेष्ठात् (ratheṣṭhāt) | रथेष्ठाभ्याम् (ratheṣṭhābhyām) | रथेष्ठेभ्यः (ratheṣṭhebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | रथेष्ठस्य (ratheṣṭhasya) | रथेष्ठयोः (ratheṣṭhayoḥ) | रथेष्ठानाम् (ratheṣṭhānām) |
| locative | रथेष्ठे (ratheṣṭhe) | रथेष्ठयोः (ratheṣṭhayoḥ) | रथेष्ठेषु (ratheṣṭheṣu) |
| vocative | रथेष्ठ (ratheṣṭha) | रथेष्ठे (ratheṣṭhe) | रथेष्ठानि (ratheṣṭhāni) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “रथेष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 866/1.
- Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 389